On 26/01/17 03:27, Reuti wrote: > >> Am 26.01.2017 um 12:04 schrieb Pádraig Brady : >> >> On 26/01/17 10:26, Reuti wrote: >>> >>>> Am 26.01.2017 um 05:29 schrieb L A Walsh : >>>> >>>> >>>> In programs that take tabstops, as an alternative to a tabsize, I've always >>>> seen tabs beyond the end of the list taken as equal to the highest tab-stop >>>> difference. So for a tabsize=8, a tabset of 1,9 would be equivalent -- with >>>> tabs above "9" being "9-1" or every 8th column above 9. >>>> >>>> Otherwise you have no way of expression all tabs on a line that stretches out to >>>> "???" 160? 240? what? other than to enumerate tabstops to infinity. >>>> >>>> If they want to limit tabstops above the last to size "1", they can use something like 1,9,10. How else can one specify tabs beyond the last >>>> for a size other than "1"? >>>> >>>> Could this be changed/fixed? >>> >>> For now the behavior is like specified on the info page: "[…] and replace any tabs beyond the last tab stop given with single spaces." To avoid that this gets broken, I would suggest to use a modified syntax like 1,9,30,34,/4 for using a width of 4 beyond 34. >>> >> >> I like that. Explicit and extensible. >> An alternative could be: --tabs=1,9,30,34,+4 ? > > Sure, this works too. In fact: I had this also in mind first, but with the extension to specify a multiplicator for the width I found "2+4" misleading and a slash more appropriate. > Even without the multiplier a '+' would be misleading since we wouldn't be necessarily adding that to the last value. The attached uses your suggestion of '/' but only allowed in the last position. thanks, Pádraig.